Life on the edge of New Zealand’s largest city
Wine making, carpentry, animal husbandry and raising kids – a West Auckland family needed a home that could stand up to their active lifestyle.
A Home built around Gatherings and a Rain Tree
The relationship between nature and architecture is clear in this project by ONG&ONG. As well as a sense of natural tactility in the materials, the family home in Singapore has been designed around a ‘colossal’ pre-war Rain Tree that existed on the site.
Hotel Meets Home in the Lahinch House
From the first meeting with clients Angie and Vic, and their Dalmatian Pirate, the brief was always to create a dramatic statement with the design. An impression of awe upon entering was the main goal for the Lahinch House. The house was conceived with a focus on entertaining guests; a space the owners could regularly […]
A Plot in Common
When the Shoo family fell in love with an old brick barn they didn’t know it came with a house connected to Robin Boyd and a neighbour with an eye for local history.
THE HOMES THAT MAKE ‘BOXY’ LOOK COOL
Brutalist Architecture reminds us you’ve got to be cruel to be kind.
THE HOMES THAT RE-INVENTED THEMSELVES
The architects behind these homes took what we expected them to do and threw it back in our faces.
THE HOMES YOU WON’T BELIEVE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY
These homes may be cosy but what they’re lacking in space they more than make up for in imagination and innovation.
THE HOMES WE FOUND AMONG THE GUM TREES
Take a leaf out of any of these books for a tree-change more impressive than ever.
THE HOMES THAT ARE LIVING LARGE WITH LESS
These architectural feats might be monumental, but their interiors prove less is sometimes more.
The Heart and Soul of Bondi
This home by Andrew Donaldson Architecture & Design, as featured in the current issue of Habitus, pays homage to Palm Springs Modernism in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs.
Hotel Meets Home in the Lahinch House
The Lahinch House in Victoria’s Torquay takes the style of luxury hotels, down to the water feature, and channels it into a contemporary home.
Reinventing an Inter-war Heritage Home
Renovating a heritage home is never an easy task, particularly when the house has a rich aesthetic and history of being an inter-war period home. Tasked with reimagining the residence as a contemporary, multi-generational home, Lai Cheong Brown took the challenge head on.